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Hospital Discharge and Frequent A and E Attenders
Hospital Discharge and Frequent A and E Attenders
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What is it?
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How it came about?
• Routes to Roots work in partnership with The Homeless
Pathway Team who are based at the Royal London hospital.
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The Project in Practice
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How it works
• Referrals from the Homeless Pathway Team.
• Assess patients on the wards within 48 hours of receiving
the referral.
• Ascertain patients particular support needs including
borough connection.
• Work closely with the clinical team to ensure that the right
care package is in place.
• Approach relevant Local Authorities for part7 homeless
applications where necessary.
• Liaise with friends and family and support services within
the borough of connection
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Outcomes 2015-16
• 47 housing outcomes
• 25 TA placements, 1 Sheltered, 3 PRS, 4 hostels, 1 rehab, 1
safe house, 12 family & Friends.
• R2R staff will continue to offer holistic client centered
support to prevent rough sleeping to improve and sustain
health & housing outcomes.
• R2R awarded resettlement funding from Marie Celeste to
provide clients with resettlement packs which contain
essential items needed when placed in TA or permanent
accommodation.
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Expansion to ‘Phase 2’
• Oak Foundation funding:
• 3 year funding investment in the Providence Row Health and
Wellbeing programme.
• To increase the Routes to Roots caseload by 28 per year.
• Work in new clinical settings
• Emphasis on chaotic clients accessing emergency health
services and treatment when in crisis.
• Use of personalised budgets and volunteer health navigators.
• Raise our profile and demonstrate impact to the NHS and
local commissioning bodies.
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Frequent Attenders Project
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Further information …
R2R Official Report – ‘Preventing homeless out-of-
borough patients from rough sleeping’
http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/News_events/News/september_2015/routes_to_roots_for_homeless.aspx
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